The Internet Is Heavily Divided After Rapper Waka Flocka Shared His Controversial Opinion On This Hypothetical Family Scenario

Rapper Waka Flocka unintentionally caused a heated debate online after sharing his views on a popular hypothetical question.
To me, Waka will always be known as the artist who helped shape my college experience by creating my friend group's theme song for those years with " No Hands."
But after a recent interview on the It's Giving Podcast with Sarah Fontenot, he'll be known for stirring up the emotions of a lot of audience members who disagree with his opinion on this circumstantial scenario.
Sarah asked the Atlanta rapper, "Scenario: You're on a boat in the middle of the ocean with your wife and your child — a young child. Both of them get lodged into the water..." and before she could even finish, Waka replied, "My wife."
"You're gonna save your wife? Why?" she asked. "Yeah, that's my wife. I loved my wife before I loved my child. How the fuck could I choose my child over something or someone that created you," he answered.
Although Waka is currently single without any biological children of his own, he did help raise his stepdaughter with his ex-wife Tammy Rivera, while they were dating and during their marriage between 2014-2022.
He continued to double down on his response saying, "respectfully," he'd just have to create another child. "I cannot make the same woman I loved. It's impossible. You can't play with love."
The host enthusiastically agreed but revealed she received a ton of comments from people saying that she only felt that way because she isn't a mother yet.
Well, in the famous words of journalist and TV host, John Quiñones, what would you do?
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Tell me why you answered the way you did in the comments! And if you want to see what else was discussed on the It's Giving Podcast with Waka Flocka, you can watch the full interview below:
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